KKtrips Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 I like how it looks like he welded the drawbar on the other side of the diff first, then realised it turned backwards to the side he had cut the cutting edge on so had to flip the drawbar around. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 have one of these, would be good with a roll bar. 4wd and really short. weld up the diff etc, lots of room for a tray. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Oh yes. I saw a similar vehicle yesterday- but a larger delica pick up. I never realised the delicas have a seperate chassis? Or at least the little truck cab type so. It looked cool and all I could picture was a tiny rustic wooden cabin on the back. Bush block donkey is going really well. Earning its keep easily! Hannah made her first trailer a couple of months ago. Its for the car/van but has turned out to be a perfect size to tow behind the donkey for carting scrub about to the gully for burning etc. Its too wide to take up the ridge so we'll build a smaller one for those duties. The wooden bins are being put into use to carry grass clippings up to the ridge so I can cultivate my lawn bowl area with nourishment... I need to adjust the carb needle..maybe. not sure. ONce warmed up if you try to accelerate or open up the throttle beyond say 1/3, even slowly, it lean bogs. Give it just a little choke and its good. but then the idle is crap. Thinking of moving the needle up one slot in piston ?. Unfamiliar with these carbs so its all a little guessing game. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmatedan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Oh rad just found this thread here's my one Awesome little bikes just easy to work on and versatile Good buy mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Oh wow.. Exactly what I was going to do to shift timber. Maybe not now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Quick update to say that this old beasty is still going strong and earning every cent of its $300-400 price Its never ran completely right fueling wise but everything seemed in order in the two times I stripped the carb. It would just simply lean out if I tried to give it too much throttle. The needle height was correct too. In the end I thought bugger it- I'll get a carb kit just in case I've missed something. $30 later and wow!!!! I wish I had fitted a kit ages ago. Sooooo much better. The only thing I can guess at was that a previous owner has fitted a kit with the wrong needle taper. Anyway.. now its a rocket ship. Apparently they are geared for 80kph? Well yeah it would easily pull up to that but damned if I'd want to be on it at that speed. However its way better at climbing up to the ridge. Damn its a handy thing. Loving it. Lawn mowing and tree planting on the ridge...easy. Next to do job is build a tiny trailer, about a meter wide. Sort of a trailing dolly type thing as I have a new plan on how to tow up all the decking and other timber for the cabin. Back flips here we come..... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Love your work. Would something like this work for you? Even if the rear steering was done separately by someone sitting on the back kind of deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 yeah actually thats sort of the thing I was thinking. A simple dolly with a long tow bar. Hannah could walk behind and steer dolly. Then can be swapped for short bar and used as a normal small quad trailer. make it tipping for carting gravel etc. Hell- anything will be better then carrying stuff. weve recently built two more wood sheds. the top one was a day of 1000 meters of climbing overall carrying timber and iron up. Great for keeping shape but tiring! Have decided that shifting the materials for the cabin build will involve helicopter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.craw4d Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 What kind of lengths are you thinking will need to be shifted? Something like the above could be hashed together with front ute axles maybe. Could be cheaper than the helicopter option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 I think the quad can only tow 250kg...on the flat. The track is pretty bloody steep. Lengths of the decking we have is about 5 or 6m. If done right with a helicopter or can be very cheap and easy. Another local over the big hill from us paid a pilot $500 cash for about 10min airtime pick up and drop off. Pilot was on his way home from another job. It saved him weeks of carting stuff. Everyone won. Plus helicopters!!!! I mean like.. Just wow. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 yeah, had recommended use of helicopters to people planning on building in the waitakeres to save carving out massive truck access roads with all the associated gravel + retaining etc, people thought i was having a laugh, but it can work out quite a bit cheaper depending on how many loads and exactly what the load is etc. Helicopter use is a time=money scenario, but can be seriously a lot less time and money than the other 'cheaper' options but you need it to run like clockwork, every minute wasted is like $10 minimum. I would assume that if you had a truck accessible load staging area (by your shed?) and all the loads were pre-organised and ok-ed by the pilot (they tend to like to use their own ground people who know what they are doing at load and drop zones, which also cost$) you could probably get all the bulky stuff needed for a small cabin up in a couple of loads? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVMPAJ Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 hours ago, yoeddynz said: I think the quad can only tow 250kg...on the flat. The track is pretty bloody steep. Lengths of the decking we have is about 5 or 6m. If done right with a helicopter or can be very cheap and easy. Another local over the big hill from us paid a pilot $500 cash for about 10min airtime pick up and drop off. Pilot was on his way home from another job. It saved him weeks of carting stuff. Everyone won. Plus helicopters!!!! I mean like.. Just wow. My old 250 Suzy quad tows a trailer loaded with sand , they definitely can tow , stopping is a little difficult though . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 3 hours ago, azzurro said: I would assume that if you had a truck accessible load staging area (by your shed?) Yeah our neighbour around the corner has masses of fields (huge huge farm) and we could have the stuff sat ready to be lifted in an area only probably 1km or less from the drop off. No power lines of big trees to worry about. Couldnt be easier. Things like sheets of plywood and roofing iron would be the best thing to get lifted. Carrying plywood up a steep slope would get boring really quick me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 One of the top beer drinking locations in the country that ridgeline! Yarning with my brother (heli pilot) he mentioned underslung loads need consent from all the landowners flown over, (technically that includes roads) Shortest run possible, and make sure the loads are all as close to max as possible, no point leaving load capacity spare! They'd send out the ground crew to organise each load, chopper just pops in when its ready to run and game on. He mentioned a number of guys up your way with machines capable of helping out, shouldn't be too hard to get one to swing by on the way home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Sweeeet. It'll only be travelling over one property and hes one of a few who suggested a helicopter If you're brother has contacts and is keen to name drop any I should ring then please ask! No rush. Small matter of selling house truck, build mezzanine in shed, building new house first etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 we use helicopters quite often in forestry, not just for spraying but for flying deadman anchor logs across gullies into farm land and my cable hauler contractors often use choppers for flying strawline across gullies because a chopper can do it in ten mins where as men carrying it would take 2-3 hours, if thats slowing down a entire logging operation that has a cost of around $10k per day the $1000.00 for the helicopter is well spent. you should be able to get your stuff done cheap as chips with a chopper, as mentioned above go talk to your local outfit and find out when they have a job nearby so they can just quickly do it on their way back to base, talk to them about how they want it rigged up and get it all pre stropped and rigged up for them and it will literally take like ten mins and for 2-3 trips and save you soooooo many kilojoules 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Yeah will be fun too. I'm gonna dress up in full army gear and pretend to be in Nam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Fortunate son intensifies It's not that expensive, we are getting the hand painted (artistic, not just British paints) door of dads old hut flown out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thphantum Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 One thing to consider when slinging ply and roofing iron under a chopper is the downdraft, it may be safer to "hang" the sheets vertically so they catch less wash from the blades, but I guess a good ground crew will know all the ins and outs of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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